Cheyenne Woods
| Cheyenne Woods | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Woods at the 2016 Kingsmill Championship | |
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Cheyenne Nicole Woods |
| Born | July 25, 1990 Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Sporting nationality |  United States |
| Residence | Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. |
| Partner | Aaron Hicks |
| Career | |
| College | Wake Forest University |
| Turned professional | 2012 |
| Former tour(s) | Ladies European Tour LPGA Tour Symetra Tour |
| Professional wins | 2 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Ladies European Tour | 1 |
| ALPG Tour | 1 |
| Other | 1 |
| Best results in LPGA major championships | |
| Chevron Championship | DNP |
| Women's PGA C'ship | T43: 2016 |
| U.S. Women's Open | CUT: 2012, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2021 |
| Women's British Open | CUT: 2014, 2016, 2018 |
| Evian Championship | T43: 2016 |
Cheyenne Nicole Woods (born July 25, 1990) is an American professional golfer.
Early life
[edit]Woods was born in Phoenix, Arizona. She is a daughter of Susan Woods and Earl Dennison Woods Jr., who is golfer Tiger Woods' half-brother, making her Tiger's half-niece.[1] Her paternal grandfather Earl Woods (Tiger's father) was her first coach and inspiration.[2][3]
In an interview with Golf Digest, Woods stated that her mother was white and her father black with some Native American and Asian.[4]
Golf career
[edit]Amateur
[edit]Woods played for the Xavier College Preparatory golf team and won back-to-back Arizona 5A State Championships in 2006 and 2007.[4] She graduated from Wake Forest University in 2012 where she played golf for the Demon Deacons. She won more than 30 amateur tournaments.[5]
In 2009, she received a sponsor's exemption to play in an LPGA tournament, the Wegmans LPGA. She missed the cut by four strokes.[6]
In April 2011, she won the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) championship.[7]
Professional
[edit]In 2012, Woods turned professional after graduating from Wake Forest.[8] She qualified for the 2012 U.S. Women's Open by finishing as co-medalist at her qualifier and made her professional debut at the 2012 LPGA Championship.[8] She had her first professional win on the SunCoast Ladies Series in late August 2012.[9][10]
In 2013, Woods became a member of the Ladies European Tour and finished 78th on the Order of Merit. In 2014, Woods had her second professional win (and first on a major tour) at the Volvik RACV Ladies Masters.[11]
In December 2014, Woods finished T-11th in the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament, thereby earning Category 12 membership, which entitled her to entry in most full-field events apart from the more prestigious events.[12] In the 2015 season, she made only eight cuts and had to go through qualifying again. By finishing T-13th in the Final Qualifying Tournament, she earned her LPGA tour card for 2016.
As of 2023, Woods lacks a LPGA Tour card to play as a full-time member. Her most recent LPGA appearance was at the Cambia Portland Classic in September 2021.
Personal
[edit]On October 27, 2021, Woods got engaged to professional baseball player Aaron Hicks.[13] They married in February 2022,[14] and their son was born in April 2022.[15] They reside in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Woods is the sixth African American to play on the LPGA Tour.[16] In a 2013 interview, Woods said "An African American woman has never won on the LPGA, so in general I just feel that golf needs to be more accessible and more inclusive."[17]
Professional wins (2)
[edit]Ladies European Tour wins (1)
[edit]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score |
To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up | Winner's share (€) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feb 9, 2014 | Volvik RACV Ladies Masters* | 69-67-71-69=276 | −16 | 2 strokes |  Minjee Lee (a) |
37,500 |
* Co-sanctioned with ALPG Tour
Other wins (1)
[edit]- 2012 SunCoast Ladies Series LPGA International
Results in LPGA majors
[edit]Results not in chronological order before 2018.
| Tournament | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANA Inspiration | |||||||||
| U.S. Women's Open | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | |||||
| Women's PGA Championship | CUT | CUT | T43 | CUT | T68 | ||||
| Women's British Open | CUT | CUT | CUT | ||||||
| The Evian Championship ^ | CUT | CUT | T43 | NT |
| Tournament | 2021 |
|---|---|
| ANA Inspiration | |
| U.S. Women's Open | CUT |
| Women's PGA Championship | |
| The Evian Championship | |
| Women's British Open |
^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.
CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied
References
[edit]- ^ Brady, Erik (May 17, 2011). "Tiger Woods' niece Cheyenne creating golf identity of her own". USA Today. Retrieved February 11, 2014.
- ^ "Player Bio: Cheyenne Woods – Wake Forest". Retrieved June 28, 2009.
- ^ Lewis, Aimee (September 11, 2018). "Cheyenne Woods: "When you find something you can relate to, that's a step forward"". CNN.
- ^ a b "Think Young, Play Hard: Cheyenne Woods". Retrieved May 2, 2014.
- ^ Crouse, Karen (June 24, 2009). "Following a Famous Uncle and Also Her Ambition". The New York Times. Retrieved June 28, 2009.
- ^ "Woods misses cut; Shin extends lead". ESPN. Associated Press. June 27, 2009. Retrieved September 9, 2010.
- ^ Kelley, Brent (April 17, 2011). "Cheyenne Woods Wins ACC Championship". About.com. Archived from the original on April 20, 2011. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
- ^ a b Wall, Jonathan (May 31, 2012). "Cheyenne Woods, Tiger's niece, qualifies for U.S. Women's Open". Retrieved June 5, 2012.
- ^ "SunCoast Ladies Series – LPGA Int'l Champions Course – Final Round Results" (PDF). SunCoast Ladies Series. August 29, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 6, 2012. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
- ^ "Cheyenne Woods, Tiger's niece, wins event at LPGA International". The Daytona Beach News-Journal. August 31, 2012. Retrieved August 31, 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ McEwan, Michael (February 10, 2014). "Woods wins – no, not that Woods!". Bunkered. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
- ^ "Final Round Results – LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament". LPGA. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
- ^ Kimble, Lindsay (October 29, 2021). "Golfer Cheyenne Woods Engaged to New York Yankees Player Aaron Hicks: Forever with My Best Friend'". People.
- ^ "Cheyenne Woods marries Aaron Hicks". Women & Golf. February 10, 2022. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
- ^ Ackert, Kristie (April 29, 2022). "Aaron Hicks back with team after birth of his son". New York Daily News.
- ^ "Parks and Woods Become First African American Duo on Tour Since 1971". LPGA. January 26, 2015.
- ^ Kessel, Anna (July 26, 2013). "Cheyenne Woods: 'I want to be an established golfer, not just Tiger's niece'". The Guardian. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
External links
[edit]
- Cheyenne Woods at the Ladies European Tour official site
- Cheyenne Woods at the LPGA Tour official site
- Cheyenne Woods at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site
- Cheyenne Woods on Twitter
- Photos of Cheyenne Woods playing golf
